50 U.S.C. § 167c — Storage, withdrawal and transportation

(a) In general. If the Secretary provides helium storage, withdrawal, or transportation services to anyone, the Secretary must charge a fee that accurately reflects what those services are actually worth. (b) Minimum fees. Those fees can never be lower than what's needed to fully reimburse the Secretary for providing the service — including the cost of capital upgrades and maintenance on the Federal Helium System. (c) Schedule of fees. Before any sale or auction under section 167d, the Secretary must publish, once a year, a standard schedule listing the fees that will be charged under this section. (d) Treatment. Every fee collected under this section gets credited to the Helium Production Fund established under section 167d(e). (e) Storage and delivery. Following this section, the Secretary must: (1) let anyone or any qualified bidder who buys or wins crude helium at a section 167d sale or auction store that helium in the Federal Helium Reserve; and (2) set up a delivery and transportation schedule that ensures timely delivery of helium sold at section 167d(b)(2) auctions, ensures timely delivery of helium acquired from the Reserve by other means (including non-auction sales), and gives federal users priority access to the Federal Helium Pipeline for in-kind sales. (f) New Pipeline access. The Secretary must review requests for access to the Federal Helium Pipeline in a way that's consistent with the schedule, set under section 167d, for phasing out commercial sales and selling off assets.